Workers protest unfair treatment

Workers protest unfair treatment

JAKARTA: More than a dozen workers of sidewalk car body repair
shops almost clashed with the city's public order officers on
Wednesday following a raid on Jl. Kramat Raya in Central Jakarta,
near Atrium Senen shopping center.

At 9 a.m., three carloads of public order officers and police
officers, came to take down the signboards which were put on the
roadside and thus hampered passing motorists. They also seized
some tools.

The raid almost turned violent when an officer slapped a
resisting worker in the face.

"We were still in shock over the raid. We were not strong
enough to fight against them," said Solichin, a car painter.

He grumbled that the officers were not fair as they only
raided their place leaving other sidewalk car body painters along
the street untouched. --JP